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• also, why wasn't this posted on the front page of the shack? Or did I miss it... : deathofrats
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  Not feeling it. They're not EA this time. : Lunatic Angelic
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    what do you mean? Rockstar has them on 6-7 day, 11-14 hour endless crunch. EA was not an isolated thing... : deathofrats
    • The sad truth is that the general public only cared about "EA Spouse" because it was cool to hate on EA a... : qsylvr
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  who the fuck wrote this thing, it's pretty much unreadable : pigz
  • Lawyer. : moe6
  • It's english dude. : D11ger
  • It looks like too many people wrote a sentence or two for it then someone put them all together, and used... : Sovos
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  They could employ slave labor for all I care, so long as Red Dead Redemption is great. : pigvomit
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    Happy people make good games. : ESchack
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      explain daikatana? : CoRDS
      • If you think the people at Ion Storm were happy then you have a different recollection than they do. : Fred Garvin
      • Actually, Daikatana proves my point. Morale on that team was a disaster and was so bad that 12 team membe... : ESchack
      • They couldn't be too happy, they had to build little shrouds around their monitors and cubes because the ... : Orange Pylon
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    What a dick thing to say. Seriously, what would possess you to say something like that? I understand if y... : jipey
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      Serious business. : pigvomit
      • Slavery sort of is, yes. : Agrona
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  This makes me sad. I was really looking forward to Red Dead Redemption, but can it really be good when it... : ESchack
  • It can because the games industry will bleed you dry and they don't care because they figure there are 10... : Fred Garvin
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  I've heard terrible stories of working at Rockstar. I don't think I'd work there even if they offered me... : timmie
  • "I've heard terrible stories of working at every game company except Id. I don't think I'd work there eve... : DerHuhnTeufel
• Not a surprise. I have heard some vicious things about some R* studios. Like locking the doors at R* Vanc... : Fred Garvin
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  i dont get it. if they dont like it, why dont they quit? : spiderfill
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    Right now it's very hard to get a job because of all the studio closures. Also, the jobs are often in sta... : Fred Garvin
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      so if my job sucks and i cant find another one, i can sue? i didnt know this was possible : spiderfill
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        That's over simplification of the issue and I think you know that. : Fred Garvin
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          i thought it might be. ethically I understand it's shady. but if the company isnt breaking labor laws, th... : spiderfill
          • Considering the relative success of EA spouse maybe they're trying the same thikng here? : -efx-
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  My wife is friends with someone who is married to a programmer at Rockstar San Diego. I'm going to ask : Dimmona
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    You do 16 hour days, 7 days a week for months at a time? : Fred Garvin
    • Even if he does, that just leaves him in an even smaller capacity to comment on what's fair or normal bec... : Moonbase Commander
    • haha, I've been in the industry a few years now and I haven't come close to that. The situation in the US... : -efx-
    • Yup! : Dimmona
• Richard Hilleman from EA gave an interesting response to the whole EA Wives fiasco, in answer to a questi... : Orange Pylon
• Holy shit. I made it through the first two paragraphs then had to quit. : mafu5150
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  This is the worst Penny-Arcade blog yet : socksta
  • lol : Ormsbee
• I work in IT/gambling (we do casino games) and it's pretty brutal sometimes. But this sounds even wors... : D11ger

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  Depressing, yes. But I was not disappointed - I in fact had the opposite reaction because it was adapted... : trOmblyj
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    Well I didn't read the book, so I wouldnt know how deep it all goes. But I'm sitting through like first : Saman
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      and it's never explained in the book either : trOmblyj
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        Oh its one THOSE kinds of books. : Saman
        • It's LITERARY. : trove
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          You're THAT kind of person who needs everything explained. Bet you can't stand Lost either. : Geoffrois
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            Lost is overrated and sucks. /runs : bolneze
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              I can accept people thinking it sucks, it's people complaining that nothing is ever explained that bugs m... : Geoffrois
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                to be fair. It's lame anyways. : sKetchflow
                • agreed. 10 % interesting mystery, 90 % padding : ihya
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            I dont think asking to know what caused these people to be in the situation they are struggling with is a... : Saman
            • Does it matter what caused it? Would it make any difference to the story? : NastyJack
            • All that was really revealed about what happened was that it caused huge fires to break out, seemingly ra : dante2010
          • Did you just compare The Road to Lost? What the hell. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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          I blame you for going to see it without knowing what you were doing.. I can't Imagine you saw some review... : wimpy1
          • Actually, the theatrical trailer for The Road is a tad misleading, but in a different way. It makes it a... : action wombmate
        • Correct, there were no pictures or pop ups, so not up your alley : acheron
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        It doesn't need to be explained either, imo. : AlexXdude
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          the book isn't about what happen. It's about the situation they are in. So yes, i agree with you : grabbie
          • Yeah, this is basically my reasoning for it as well. The book isn't about the disaster, it's about a ... : AlexXdude
          • Look deeper into the story. There is much more than the situation being investigated. Innocence, morality... : guidedbyvoip
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      Explanations are boring. It's not important. : NastyJack
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        It was nuclear war. It was a massive volcano eruption blanketing the world. A meteor struck the pla... : AlexXdude
        • +1 AlexXdude My thoughts exactly as I read the book. I wanted an explanation, but the relationship and... : guidedbyvoip
    • Explanation isn't the story's purpose. It's about experiencing the act of survival through the eyes of t : action wombmate
    • It's pretty obvious if you think about it. In an interview the author mentioned it was an asteroid. : [fry]
    • That's not really the point of the book or the movie. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • the movie is not about the world ending. there's no need to explain what happened. : wtf242
  • I was a bit disappointed despite it staying so close to the book. I think that because the book is so foc... : gingerninja
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  It's the book in movie form. It's amazing. : Super Sparker
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    I disagree. There is maybe one scene in the movie where it's snowing. The majority of the movie doesn't e... : Trips
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      really? you didn't think it felt cold throughout most the movie? I thought they handled the bleakness rea : Morgin
      • Granted, the beach scene was good, that did look cold, but I disliked the whole skipping over of the expl : Trips
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  Where the hell are you folks at where you can see movies like this at the cinema? I'm tired of The Blind ... : Crabs Jarrard
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    I'm in Bumfuck, Alberta and we got Moon, Hurt Locker and The Road. : NastyJack
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      No way? I'm in Buttfuck, Alberta and we don't have it :( : nevlos
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        Where in Alberta are you? : NastyJack
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          Medicine Hat, you? : nevlos
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            Grande Prairie. That's cool, seems like 99% of Alberta shackers are from Edmonton or Calgary. Not too man... : NastyJack
            • Lucky Shit :) Our movie house is now showing Where the Wild Things Are and Old Dogs :( : Crabs Jarrard
            • Really? I'm kinda surprised that Medicine Hat of all places has multiple theaters. I go to Airdrie quite ... : spiffymc
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    I'm actually really surprised The Hurt Locker wasn't a wide release, I have a very hard time imaging some... : socksta
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      I saw it and didn't like it. Not really sure why, but the characters felt shallow. : Trips
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        Thats a pretty fair criticism imo, I really just enjoyed the film because of the tension scenes. I've see... : socksta
        • Maybe I should give it another viewing. I saw it awhile ago, might not have been under the best condition... : Trips
• No way man, that was a powerful movie. It shows the beauty of preserving humanity in one of the worst en... : IHATEDUST
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  did they show the scene with sexual kid slaves in chains? : dodob
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    I don't remember that part, or are you joking? They did show the naked people in the basement of the big... : action wombmate
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      In the book he called them catamites. I'd never heard that word and had to look it up. I was horrified. P... : NastyJack
      • Ah ok, I must have read that part on the airplane and not been able to look up the term. I have a pretty... : action wombmate
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    they weren't sexual slaves. they were the meat supply. : lacker
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      Thats what I remember too. We know who thinks of kids in a certain way now though. : re-verse
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        He used the word catamite which specifically implies gay schtuff. : NastyJack
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          Oh interesting. I'm illiterate anyway. : re-verse
          • It's really one of the most disturbing ideas imaginable. Adult men driving young boys like cattle, raping... : NastyJack
        • I must have missed that. That one is on the list of books to re-read. After the Dark Tower series. : lacker
    • The author didn't think so. See my above post. : NastyJack
• If you plan well enough for a zombiepocolypse, you are pretty much ready for any end of the world scenari... : podung

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• NOD32 is better because it's the best. MSE is acceptable for those of us who don't want to pay. : LoioshDwaggie
• Nod 32 is miles better imo, but MSE is free and pretty decent. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  is MSE a substitute for NOD32? I didn't realize it was a fully fledged security program. : edgewise
  • yes, it's a full AV suite not only a malware thing like Windows Defender for example. : derelict515
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  Ever since I installed NOD32 on my parents' 2 computers 3 years ago, I've only had to fix one of them onc... : DOOManiac
  • I've had the exact same experience. : NastyJack
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  I don't get the love for MSE on here. Let me explain my plight before I see 800 replies re: LOOK AT HOW : jingletard
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      Well, I'd love to know exactly what's wrong with my stuff. In any event, Avira works good for me and I h... : jingletard
      • Have you ever tried it again just for the hell of it? : YerMothah
  • weird, I've installed it on 10+ systems so far, and some are slow POS's running XP and MSE runs great on ... : Smitty
  • I've installed MSE on several computers and never had that problem except one: because it was already a s... : glio1337
  • I just checked on my netbook and msseces.exe is taking 8,116KB or RAM and 0% CPU. Something was probably... : deject
  • I wonder what Avira does differently to MSE? MSE is the first anti-malware application i have come acr... : SigENeaT
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    I don't get the love for NOD32. I've seen it on many PC in the field on customer's PCs, and I'd say about... : g0nk
    • the love has to do with empirical benchmarks with both known definitions and heuristics against a myriad ... : derelict515
    • I like it, but its way overrated compared to others out now days. The last few AV reviews based on detect... : kelerian
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      On that subject, i too am yet to find an absolute antivirus solution which is "the best", because if even... : SigENeaT
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        I've always wondered why there has yet to be a solid open source anti-virus project. Would the thing b... : glio1337
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          I guess a lot of R&D needs to be put in to keeping up to date definitions? It is impressive that there a... : SigENeaT
          • Yeah the amount of work into creating definitions would make anyone crazy who wasn't paid to do it. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • Those people use internet explorer probably, they deserve it. : Amnesty_intl2
  • That sucks. But it also doesn't happen to everybody, hence the love for MSE. : CyCo_PL
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  http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests/summary-reports 2009 Winners: Gold: S... : NoCopy
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    MSE was not included in this test : watcherxp
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      Uhh..... yes? : YerMothah
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        Nope, they tested the (old) MS Onecare AV care from Feb. NOT MSE : watcherxp
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          They test it in the 2009 summary (they really liked it, got gold in malware detection/false positives, br... : kelerian
          • I stand corrected, thanks! : watcherxp
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    haha symantec better then eset, yea right. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      the two of them are neck in neck right now : redfive
      • i know symantec is improving. competition is good, but eset is so good.. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Guess they ignored how much system resources symantec uses up compared to eset then. : YerMothah
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          I'm an ESET fanboy but have you even run Norton 2010? It's very light. I would say they are on par with... : redfive
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            No I havent, but I am biased against norton simply because of how awful I remember it being. : YerMothah
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              take another look at it. I have NOD32 installed right now but I've worked on machines with 2010 installe... : redfive
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                I'll continue to stay away when they have stupid shit like their enterprise server unable to handle virus... : JuffoWup
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                  our Symantec Endpoint one is working fine. That's a strange bug but I wouldn't put it past them : redfive
                  • it's out there. our SEP Manager has the same issue. what people don't seem to be talking about is tha... : zerog83
        • since Symantec re-wrote their app last year system resource usage is way down. : Smitty
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    I'll never ever recommend Symantec ever. Not unless they've made HUGE strides to reduce the footprint of ... : g0nk
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      They have gone the creative route in my book. They have burned their bridges and I will never use them. E... : rosewood
      • same here. I instantly nuke it from any system I come across. : g0nk
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      I thought the same till last year. I've now purchased it two years in a row and couldn't be happier. : angrytaxman
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        What made you change your mind? : Mmmmmoo
        • Maximum PC's review of Norton Internet Security 2009 made me want to download the trial, because my NOD32... : angrytaxman
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      I've hated norton but apparently they've made a total 180. I havent tried it again yet but 2010 is suppos... : kelerian
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        I'd rather install malware : rosewood
        • you're missing out... seriously I was the same way but they really have changed. I've installed NIS 2... : sludge vohaul
      • Same. I think I'm gonna stick with NOD32 for another year. : Mmmmmoo
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  Norton 2010 is reviewing as the best AV out there right now. I was messing around with it and the re... : cetra00
  • I've had no problems with NIS 2010. I like it. : guitarsandbikes
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  I haven't had any problems with any trojans/whatever for almost three years on my work laptop. I loaned ... : ThomW
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    Hah, somebody was fapping to porn on your pc. : Amnesty_intl2
    • Hope you wiped down the keyboard! : qsylvr
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  Where do you guys manage to catch all these viruses? From the way you guys talk it's like if your AV isn'... : peanut-
  • porn : GloriousCow
  • Probably just from reading the shack. :) : nudel
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    your PC is likely compromised already! : whodares
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      in fact, i'm putting it in compromising positions right now! : yacoub35
      • stay away from macintosh-style. What is seen can't be unseen. :( : whodares
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    lol it's pretty safe to say your computer is injected : deadfish
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      My computer these days in an MBP so it's pretty safe to say it isn't, but it never was when I was running... : peanut-
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        you can easily get viruses from just sitting there connected to a network. Go search google i'm too lazy ... : deadfish
        • My MB has been running with no AV software, connected to the internet for 2 years and it doesnt have shit... : Vanitas
    • Time out called. When people say this, they are joking, right? This is basically "pointy elbows" righ... : rosewood
  • i got one 2 weeks ago from a ad on xtube.com, virus scanner didn't catch it. Had to nuke from orbit to... : Shadowdane
  • It takes years of active computer use and interest to get to the point where you are really able to evalu... : ramshot
  • I would agree entirely except I got my first virus in 10 years last night. It was from a mod file. Luck... : spyrext
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  • What MSE detected may not have been malware but it may have been some macro code that is now considered u... : rosewood

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• they did. its called avatar : spiderfill
• yes clearly a piece of shit and totally unimaginative : eeeealmo
• lol : inf3d3l
• i couldve told you this. go watch thief and wash the stink of bad movie off you. : crypt420
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  Yes, remote control cat-alien bodies fighting on dragons...completely bland. : Saman
  • Hahaha, this sums it up pretty well right here. :) : thetangent
  • Yeah. Calling it the most unimaginative movie ever is crazy. The story might be but you can't say everyth... : Mmmmmoo
• Haha, oh man. : Visceral Monkey
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  avatar is like an id game. awesome tech youve never seen before, but shit story. : papaskot
  • low blow... low blow! : inf3d3l
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    Yet I see so many people bitching about the story, something you would never see in a post about Doom or ... : pigvomit
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      Why can't we want it to be something better? When someone goes, "It's an action movie," they really mean,... : jipey
      • People mention the argument because of the particular backlash against Avatar complaining about a thin st... : Wisp!
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      People don't bitch about the story in doom or quake because you get to play them. And avatar was barely : ninjase
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        Action isn't just blowing shit up. Running, jumping, being chased by beasts, shit, there was a lot of ac... : pigvomit
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          Running through a forest is boring as fuck action. Aliens and Terminator 2 had action in it. Avatar had... : ninjase
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            Bah, even if it wasn't your favorite type of action, there was still plenty off it. : pigvomit
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              I have a theory that people don't like the movie for reasons they don't want to admit. It might be the na... : ovrlrd
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                The "science" is that beyond the visuals (which were quite amazing), the story was far too predictable an... : ninjase
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                  Well I didn't watch any trailers and I enjoyed the story. I also enjoyed it the second time I saw it. ... : Nixx2004
                  • The thing about the trailer is that it doesn't spoil anything specifically, it just gives you the gist o : ninjase
                • I still enjoy independance day.. :( : bundy
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      That's the thing. It's not a "shit story". It's a story appropriate to what Cameron wants to do. It's not... : Vincent Grayson
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        http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/04/avatar-pocahontas-in-spac_n_410538.html : ninjase
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          Those are absolutely retarded. Same with the Star Wars/Harry Potter one. Right a favorable summary that... : pigvomit
          • That was for lols but this makes much more serious and salient points about how crappy the story actually... : ninjase
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      film is story. Without it, it's nothing. Even action films deserve a strong story and so many have succee... : freakynipples69
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        Koyaanisqatsi would like a word with you. : qsylvr
        • lol : freakynipples69
  • Yeah, that's a fair assessment. : Deathlove
  • Dead on : bolneze
  • Good analogy. Cameron and Carmack have a lot in common as well. : ventro
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    "Shit story" is such a downplay of what is really going on in the heads of the writers. I really think mo... : ovrlrd
    • Also this analogy can be made with Triple A games as well. A successful game has an appealing story suppo... : ovrlrd
  • This. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I consider the universe and all of its characters and creations part of the story, therefore I loved the ... : socksta
  • Avatar is the best tech demo of the year. Whole heartly agree. : freakynipples69
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    The story isn't shit, the dialog is shit and every character is a cardboard cutout. If the characters ac : qsylvr
    • TY.I'm sure the film is the like this. I will repeat your concise and insightful comments when questioned... : nrgXs
• You are correct, it was so unimaginative that thought he filmed it in his backyard using his landscape wo... : pigvomit
• This is your short review? Where is the detailed analysis, what about it was so unimaginative? We don't n... : ovrlrd
• Hot Blue chicks! According to my counterpoint, you are heretofore WRONG. : Boring Writer
• I bet you would have been much happier seeing Twilight instead. : theangrywaffles
• Man on internet doesn't like popular movie. More at 11. : Dschinghis Khan
• agree. Avatar = Ferngully in 3D. but the 3D is still pretty awesome.... : gorphine
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  Shack Rule #47534545669.01454: All negative talk about Avatar needs to be limited to the font selection.... : Jimbo Ro
  • That's forbidden as well. : Visceral Monkey
• Republicans are allergic to Avatar. : CRasterImage
• So, you're saying Avatar was worse than A Prairie Home Companion? : reelbk
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  look how cool you are posting about a popular movie on the internet! : grendel
  • negatively, even. : CRasterImage
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    and you fit in and are completely normal for liking it! finally! am i right? yes. : crypt420
    • i am far from normal and totally boring but yeah i enjoyed the movie for what it was : grendel
    • The people that didn't like it are the ones that don't grok it. : Jobos
  • And he hated it! That makes him double cool! : thetangent
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  I saw it as well in 3D. The movie was pretty entertaining for sure, but I don't see the point of 3D. It... : alias
  • Color is overrated as well. : watcherxp
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    No. The 3D completely enhanced the immersion of the experience for me. And...how the fuck would 3D en... : Wisp!
    • If I didn't need to wear the glasses sure. They pull me out of the movie at least :( : alias
  • next time youre watching a 3d movie, close one eye. this is how it would look 2d. you will understand. ... : mlev
  • Oh really? And why would you expect it to add anything to the story in the first place? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The 3D made the experience so much more immersive than it otherwise would have been. It wasn't gimmicky "... : thetangent
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    The problem with the 3d is the screen has 4 edges and when a "3d item" hits that edge the immersion is co... : notext
    • Yeah the edge of the screen thing made me think it was a bit lame. 3D on imax though is a totally diff... : peanut-
  • Are you by chance blind in one eye? : Jobos
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  Three words: Michelle Rodriguez's boobies : hankyJR
  • Yeah they were really nice and she was actually a tolerable character this time around. : MurrayTheSkull
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    I dislike her for some reason. : bolneze
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      It's because you like cock. : hankyJR
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        Its cuz she looks like a man Okay fine : bolneze
        • She does have a little John Leguizamo in her. I think it's the mouth/ teeth. She's pretty, though. : Jobos
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      She's got a good body, but she comes off as very masculine. : TwiLyght
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        well, she is lesbian. : biskits
        • No, she's not. : mrvandelay
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  Oh look, that guy. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I guess he thinks its cool since its been out a while. Well I thought Inglorious Basterds was just ok so... : Lightzout
    • I agree on Basterds, actually. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That's how I felt about Basterds as well. I saw it with the gf last week and it was definitely entertaini... : ColoradoCNC
  • because not liking a movie is obviously wrong. he could have said it better, but everyone knows how weak ... : maulla
  • you may not realize just how many of those guys there are. it's a bad movie. : biskits
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  My favorite character in that movie was the head military guy. He was totally badass. : Mmmmmoo
  • man remember this scene? he was insane http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4262366720/nm0002332 : spiderfill
  • You know what? I think you are right. The last scene was so bitchin. I thought Sigourney Weaver's digi : Lightzout
• Nice drive-by post/troll BTW. : thetangent
• Make the "Bishop of Battle" in 3d. Emilio Estevez agrees. : noxv1
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  AVATAR: WATCHED MONOCLE: REMOVED SHACKNEWS: ALERTED : eonix
  • lol : digweed014
• I watched it in 2d and thought the same thing. It was very very pretty but story/lines were so cliche/bor... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• 4/10, but only because you sparked so much discussion. : dpgagnon
• I have to mostly agree with this. I was amazed at how similar it was to Ferngully. There was no character... : sugarwaffle
• You're entitled to your own opinion and this is the Shack where we discuss opinions. However, I believ... : Schnapple
• The movie is based on Cameron's dream... it doesn't make sense to say it was unimaginative. : Jobos

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  A friend was complaining that in the demo he couldn't see what was happening and it felt very button mash... : SeaLlama
  • I think it's more that the full game shows you how everything works and gives you plenty of opportunities... : Kentor
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    As was said before - the demo throws you into a later level in the game with a bunch of shit you were not... : mwasher
    • The demo is actually the first and third (?) levels of the game. The big difference is you're invincible... : walker270
• I beat it this morning, and spent the day farming halos to get items. : Iwannaacura
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  Bayonetta is absolutely bonkers in ways that no game or movie or anime I can think of even comes close to... : kallanta
  • I love that it goes that extra mile to exceed any expectation of over top, yet somehow because of how ins... : Kentor
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  Picking up a 12 pack on the way home in a minute, and putting Darksiders aside to start this up tonight. ... : mwasher
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    (<3 Darksiders, but I hear the screen tearing fix is coming real soon so might as well wait for that) : mwasher
    • The tearing "issue", in my opinion, has really been blown out of proportion. It's there but it's not at a... : warcrow
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  It was excellent wasn't it Kentot? The story was confusing as shit, then I remembered that it was meant ... : etherboy
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    Sorry I fucked up your name! iPhone fail... Anyway: having now completed this I'm afraid to play Da... : etherboy
    • I ended up playing Ninja Gaiden before any of the DMC games and I must say that I was really disappointed... : Kentor
    • Darksiders is good but don't expect the fighting to ever be nearly as indepth. : mwasher
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  I'm really enjoying it. Pulling of combos works so well. I have trouble timing dodges to get into witch... : giant boy detective
  • There's two cues for when to dodge for witch time that might help you. When an enemy is about to attack y... : Kentor
  • most of those skills you can buy you probably wont use. Too busy mashing up combos to remember which butt... : Iwannaacura
• Played the game through Chapter VI so far. The game just gets crazier and crazier! Its not a pushover, ... : herradura99
• haha fuck me, now i understand what everyone has been saying. : mwasher
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  Which version did you get? The Giant Bombcast covered it, and they said the PS3 version seemed to be beh... : the archvile
  • 360 : Kentor
  • yea apparently the 360 clearly won for which was better : mwasher
  • I rented on 360: the privilege of having every console pays off... : etherboy
  • I wonder if they will patch the PS3 version. : pgharavi
  • 360. Pretty much every site that covered the game said the PS3 version was noticeably inferior. : kallanta
  • Gametrailers has their comparison up: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/console-comparison-bayonetta/605... : X-GOUKI
• this game is ridiculously awesome on a grand scale. do not let your perceptions of perceived fan service ... : mwasher
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  "Check this out: Whaddya buyin' ? Heh, heh... heard that in a game once." : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • Ha, I cracked up when I heard that last night. : Iazu
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  I only played the demo, but do you eventually get used to all the things on the screen? I had difficulty ... : enyakk
  • I suck at these games. I really do. I had an amazing fucking time beating the shit out of the world. ... : kingdepork
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  Just beat the game tonight. It's amazingly, mind-blowingly epic. The game doesn't take itelf too seriousl... : Daochi
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    Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxE6H83Xw0s : Daochi
    • haha superb : steve_o
• Told you so. :) : Syrek
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  I had no interest in the game until playing the demo. That shit was crazy. And fun. : prime8
  • Might have to pick up this and Darksiders. : prime8
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  How does it compare to DMC? That's my gold standard (especially 3 and 4). : hanfeitzu
  • without having finished it, I would say better than those; the next step (far beyond) DMC. And I LOVE D... : sevogajre

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• What do 'partner offers' entail? Who are your partners? WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?!? : jingletard
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  What was the reasoning behind zefsf? That sets off a lot of unnecessary alarm bells no? : KxRook
  • Yeah, when someone made a post about this earlier I immediately assumed it was a scam based on the domain... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• The way the "link" for email is redirected through zefsf (which I have no knowledge of as owner or part o... : Lightzout
• this is a test post http://email.shacknetwork.com/ : majestik
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  Your privacy is important to us, so we will never send you unsolicited emails.... except this one time... : trove
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    I really can't say I have a problem with them sending one email saying "Hey, we're going to be sending ra... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      at least they told us before they start doing stuff. unlike most other places. that said, those options s... : CoRDS
      • I understand from a business perspective why they are always checked by default, so I don't really fault ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    they really should have included "except this one time.. " in there it fits better with the shack : CoRDS
    • Probably. The walks and talks like a phishing email. When the first screenshots showed up, the specifici... : trove
    • It's only "this one time" if you go in and opt yourself out of all the shit they have in there, though. : Sapiens
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    unsolicited means not from them. You gave them your email address in the first place and you can easily ... : redfive
    • They did say "We", unless they meant we in the "everyone else but not us" We-sense. : trove
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      http://www.answers.com/topic/unsolicited - Not looked for or requested. : IHATEDUST
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        I hate it when Amazon.com sends me unsolicited confirmation emails. You're taking this out of context. : KxRook
        • I was just pointing out that "unsolicited" means "not requested". However, I suppose that registering fo... : IHATEDUST
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  Has my email automatically been submitted to your 'partners' already? : YerMothah
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    Thats not how this works. Keep on ragin tho' : KxRook
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      Well to be fair that page looks like a 'let us spam the fuck out of you to make money' kind of page. And... : Wheatloaf
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        Look lets be honest. Its a business, and they know damn well that they wont have anywhere to send a newsl... : KxRook
        • We sign up with nonexistant email addresses and they make it an opt-out because they know we won't enable... : trove
        • Theres a perfectly valid practice for doing this, its called confirming an opt-in, not soft opting in. Yo... : YerMothah
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  there was a lot of stuff in that email that made it look illegitimate. : Yanks
  • Most notably the fact that it's not from Shacknews.com, or anything remotely resembling a Shacknews relat... : Ctrl-Phreak
• Get email alerts when we post files for games ... on your wanted list Considering the Wanted List is BROK... : yacoub35
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  Tough crowd tonight. : J4NUS
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    Everything posted has been reasonable so far. : Sapiens
    • Mostly joking. It seems like whoever's responsible for this email campaign hasn't done a ton of stuff li... : J4NUS
  • Didn't I just see you verbally abusing a dog owner in the last thread I read? : Dimmona
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  Suggestion: Next time post this first before sending out something suspicious : grabbie
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    Another suggestion: Default all these things to 'off' in the new email options. "We will never send yo : Nixx2004
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      Yeah that's an annoying thing to do, don't default them to on. Everyone hates that, myself especially :[ : niceguynick
      • I agree. You guys are still new here, remember. : Wheatloaf
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  just checked the settings page. Please do NOT automatically OPT-IN everything. It should be OPT-OUT, then... : g0nk
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    Thanks for the heads up! I totally just changed all the settings to OPT-OUT because you posted this. : Galadriel07
    • It's OPTosite day : zebosausamite
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  There's a large European element here on the Shack, so at the very least you might want to ensure that vi... : RomSteady
  • same deal here in .au : CoRDS
  • Not just this, but getting emails about US only competitions and offers is annoying. Hello speakeasy DSL.... : Beady
  • California has pretty strict spam laws, too. Unenforced, but strong. : IHATEDUST
  • Yep. You are heading for a big fat spammer lawsuit : master_disaster_17
  • Germany too. : marmite
  • Lots of Malaysians too. Wait, that's just me :(. : moe6
• Anyway you guys can make a official announcements when you do hold those kinds of events? It would help ... : mobab
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  I didn't get an e-mail :( : Flying h4x0r
  • Could you step into my office?.... : c0bra
  • Me neither. : The Grolar Bear
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    It went straight to my spam folder on an email address I haven't used in a few years now. : sharkII
    • yeah, my account was registered with a now-defunct address. oh well. : biskits
• This is pretty much the textbook way to NOT do lists like this. Doing it this way is exactly how compa... : zakk
• this is a total shithead post, and i know it, but until we get the ad virus thing cleared up, i'll pass o... : burning eye
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  Im extremely annoyed. I'm on the site half my day anyway, I dont need goddamn email spam. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    GRRRRRRRR Doesn't it say right there in the email that you can disable it? And give you instructions o... : cornchak
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      ads spamming virii on the site combined with default YES to all email communications suddenly is very ann... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Relax, you'll live longer. : NastyJack
        • Not if you're playing Demoman. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Well you spend half your day on the site, maybe they should be able to explore ways of generating revenue... : KxRook
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          Maybe the first priority shouldn't always be money. : .ka`boom.zZz.
          • ... I dont really know what to say to that. : KxRook
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            oh jesus christ : lefthighkick
            • iawtojc : biskits
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            what, do you think they bought shacknews from Steve for something to do on the weekends? : biskits
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              Well obviously the next step is to take us to the money pits to mine money for food. It's not like the... : Boring Writer
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                Its a lot easier and cost effective to monetize the pool you already have. Frankly the CPMs they would pa... : KxRook
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                  This community is definitely premium inventory. The sheer amount of experts in the IT/Software Dev/Game ... : Boring Writer
                  • this post is ridiculous. i am ridiculing it. : biskits
                  • We agree that the userbase is very knowledgeable and diverse. That however doesn't make them premium to a... : KxRook
          • that's actually the only sensible first priority for any business : OrkO
          • kaboomzz here obviously attended the wtf242 school of business : maulla
  • OH FUCK NO I GOT AN EMAIL! AARRGHH RAAAAAHHH GNNUUURGHHHH!!! : moshman
• i assume all the sweepstakes will be for US only? i dont mind signing up for a newsletter if its stuff t... : dantastic
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  you guys should fix your malicious banner ads, that would be helpful : fletch_
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    That would be cool. I'm worried that these threads don't get read at all. This is what people were afraid... : re-verse
    • when i read "message me with any questions, comments, or suggestions" i kinda wondered if he was going to... : Sapiens
• oops. : manero
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  OMFG I AM GOING TO GET EMAILS!!! IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS BOX This aggression will not stand. WHAT, g : cornchak
  • Hahaha post of the night right here! : RogerDandy
  • fucking LOL! : MercFox1
  • Gold, Jerry! Gold! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• opt-out fail. : manero
• grrrrrrrrrr : CecilPhilpot
• I was really surprised my Shack account actually went to an email account I still have. haha : ThomW
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  my e-mail address doesn't exist anymore! I registered 10 years ago : fluffy64
  • ditto'd : disembodied potato
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    It lets you change it now. http://www.shacknews.com/settings/account.x : dognose
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      haha, the lol script makes everything better. Error updating following fields: New email address alrea... : ZeroSignal
      • Saved Changes [lol] Yeah, I loved that one! : MatzL.E.
    • Would be nice if they mentioned what my email address is currently set to. : Jonathan
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  is there a reason that www.shacknetwork.com goes to a dodgy-looking parked godaddy.com page? : stamps
  • and www.zefsf.com... and email.shacknetwork.com : stamps
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  Looks likethe zefsf domain is owned by http://www.zetainteractive.com/ Zeta Interactive is a full-service : AgentPothead
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    You can still change it now, and opt-out of it all as well, if you actually read the post. : ovrlrd
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      Yeah but that company already has our emails. : Beady
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        Let's just assume it's not the case unless someone proves otherwise. I am not saying it isn't likely, but... : ovrlrd
        • They have sent you an email. How can they not already have the address? : Beady
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      Too bad that only stops the shack and not the advertising agency who now probably has my email and only p... : AgentPothead
      • How many mailing lists have you signed up for without noticing when you signed up for websites? This is b... : ovrlrd
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    Hahah, yeah those are some scary terms! SEM and SEO? We're fucked! What kind of a company would you pref... : KxRook
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      Why would the shack need a third party company to handle email? Email is so brain dead simple I can do it... : AgentPothead
      • You realize the shack is owned by Gamefly now right? Big companies like to outsource, it's how they save ... : ovrlrd
      • And you can track who actually opened and read at least part of the email, what links in an email you sen... : sigpro
• I didn't get one and I know which email my account is tied to >:( : ArcKnight
• remember guys, this is prob the beginning of new shack. He mentioned a redesign in that video that was p... : grabbie
• The best shack email I ever received was from steve@shacknews.com on 11/16/04: This email confirms tha : SiW.
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  Look at how many people ate bloody tampons for breakfast this morning in this thread. Amazing. : theangrywaffles
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    No shit. This thread has the highest density of sandy vaginas I've ever seen in one place. : MercFox1
    • You have to admit that the full page rollout banners that won't go away, followed by the virusy pdf thing... : weaselmeister
• And so it begins. actually it started a long time ago. : atom519
• Not having a linked email address FTW, it looks like. Also, opted-out, duh. : IHATEDUST
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  I love how everybody in this thread is pretty much blowing a gasket based on completely assumed informati... : IndigoAK
  • I suggest you stay away from the 3DR Forums. : dognose
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  Whatever. The sneaky crap you guys have pulled with the Mercury user/payers is a joke. After the false ca... : yosemiteclimber
  • what happened exactly? : kn1fe
• thanks for opting me in. fucking gay. : skryte
• I didn't think it was real because there wasn't a pdf.pdf attachment. : dmason
• Weird, I never received this e-mail. Never showed up in my spam box either and my e-mail account here sh : Zips
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  I'm going to agree. If they are making it into an XBLA game, that would be fine. We have surpassed that... : kingdepork
  • fuuuuuuuuuuu : kingdepork
  • So true. : tohm82
  • trying to fit your post into the context of this thread is quite fun :) : yacoub35
• So now the auto-install viruses can be sent straight to my mailbox? I kid : socksta
• What confused me is that anyone receiving the email wouldn't need to update their email settings and anyo... : nudel
• I automatically archived the mail as a scam since you sent it from a weird email address... : -sk-
• Who's us? Who's we? I feel like I don't know you anymore :( : dodob
• An automatic opt-in is pretty lame. The better way to have done it was an email that said "we are going ... : whodares
• plz fix Wanted Lists so we can actually delete games from it. : yacoub35
• I love how greg-m has come back to allay all of our fears.. : niceguynick
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  Never heard of opt-IN? It's good netiquette. : MatzL.E.
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    for all the people claiming that you're supposed to use opt-in instead of opt-out, i've never ever seen a... : biskits
    • Well then I say "fuck your ignorant marketeers" and opt out. : MatzL.E.
• woot! spamnews! thanks for the update on the settings. i made sure to uncheck everything right away. : Korban
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  a lot of overreacting up in this bitch. he's letting you know it's legit and letting you know that you c... : dantastic
  • ya, I'm not getting the big outrage over one email. : slickdoody
  • don't do it, when you want to go to it. Relax don't do it, when you want to come. : rosewood
  • At what point are people allowed to be irritated? The flash rollout ads? The pdf virus? The unsolicited e : weaselmeister
• the tricks on you because I dont know what email my account is associated with! : maulla

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  Lots of decisions you make in ME1 will affect things in ME2. : NastyJack
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    Awesome, then time to make quite a few different save point. : ant_hillbilly
    • I think you can only import a finished save. So just back it up before doing a new game+ : pyide
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    i really hope we can keep our decisions but change classes. I want to turn my soldier into a biotic badas... : GloriousCow
    • From what I understand, that's almost exactly how it is going to be. : Zollington
    • You could also just start a new character. They ask questions about your past if you don't have a savegam... : razlebol
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  Have they said that you can carry forward your character level to ME2? I was under the impression that yo... : peanut-
  • You don't carry the level over, but from what I've heard there are various bonuses for reaching certain l... : Zollington
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    You really need to post a pic of your Shephard, lol : ColoradoCNC
    • Seconded. : Zollington
  • My female Shepherd is hot as hell, but her hair is just a bit too red. Kinda' fake lookin', which rings a... : Bold
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  I just finished it 2 minutes ago. Loving the end credits tune. Impatient Space Asshole Shepard the Sol : marmite
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    It's a shame because Saren does that either way you go when you end up at that part of the game. The K... : Zollington
    • Oh man, I was thinking I was such a renegade. : marmite
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    you save all your money for spectre weapons and medigel and grenade packs. if you didnt spend any, you d... : dantastic
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      ...spectre weapons? Where could I get them? I think I used medigel about 3 times the entire game. For ... : marmite
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        You get them from the Req officer on the Citadel, once you become a Spectre he has new armor/weapons to s... : disdain
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          I think I just completely didn't see this guy. : marmite
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            if you stare straight at the elevator he is down the ramp to the left of the elevator in csec hq in the c... : dantastic
            • I'm at the point of my save where I'm selling everything i pick up and buy only Spectre X weapons. Is the... : Zollington
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        Are the spectre weapons different - as in, do they handle differently or have different mechanics? I was ... : marmite
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          no, they're just more boring generic weapons with higher numbers (which of course doesn't matter because ... : veras
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            ok cool. EPIC SPOILERS I just watched this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HokY_1S2l0 and they k : marmite
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              There's an ability (biotic, maybe?) you can use which will revive all your companions. Handy, if they rep... : Bold
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                I had that ability - unity. but it had a 2 minute cooldown and they were dying in one hit from the rocket... : marmite
                • They all level up at the same rate, even if you never use 'em. Occasionally, I'd go to the party members ... : Bold
        • Not different, just better stats. Don't think any of the weapons were different, just pistol/rifle/sniper... : disdain
        • the weapons are very high damage. you won't find anything more high damage till you unlock the 2nd set a... : dantastic
      • you go to c-sec headquarters to the guy in the basement that sells weapons. you have to do it after you'... : dantastic
    • I bought all available Spectre weapons, and still maxed out my money at 9,999,999 credits (at least, on t... : Bold
• I was just looking at different ways the Wrex on Virmire scene can go down on youtube and I found this on... : marmite
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  My savegame is on my old Xbox. How can I transfer it over to my new one? : legsbrogan
  • I don't know - they threw in some fuzzy language about save games on the Bioware forums. Everyone's prett... : Jonathan
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  The leveling won't do much as enemies just scale with your level. I loved Mass Effect, one of my favo... : razlebol
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    While they do scale (how much depends on your difficulty level), it always seems like (even on the hardes... : Jonathan
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      The difficulty only changes if you put more points in speech instead of combat stats. It started getting ... : razlebol
      • I guess - I still feel pretty invincible on the hardcore setting with my level 59 no matter where I put m... : Jonathan